2026 Ryota Kanai: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	69	2629	2405	261	238	230	16985

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Overview

Ryota Kanai is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with an emphasis on cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence, computer vision and pattern recognition, genetics, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. The main thematic areas of their work include neural dynamics and brain function, functional brain connectivity studies, embodied and extended cognition, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, visual perception and processing mechanisms, and genetic associations and epidemiology.

Kanai's publication record includes notable recent papers such as:

The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex, 2020, Science
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
Deep learning and the Global Workspace Theory, 2021, Trends in Neurosciences
Meta-learning, social cognition and consciousness in brains and machines, 2021, Neural Networks
Information Closure Theory of Consciousness, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology

Their research has been disseminated through frequent publication in venues including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Scientific Reports
Neuroscience of Consciousness
Neural Networks

Kanai has collaborated extensively with several coauthors in their field. Frequent collaborators include Neda Jahanshad, Christopher R. K. Ching, Ingrid Agartz, Rachel M. Brouwer, and Anders M. Dale.

The work carried out by Kanai integrates topics such as neural dynamics, brain connectivity, and artificial intelligence, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach at the intersection of neuroscience and computational methods.

Best Publications

The structural basis of inter-individual differences in human behaviour and cognition

Ryota Kanai;Geraint Rees;Geraint Rees

1147
Citations
Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

933
Citations
The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

Katrina L. Grasby;Neda Jahanshad;Jodie N. Painter;Lucía Colodro-Conde

838
Citations
Political orientations are correlated with brain structure in young adults

Ryota Kanai;Tom Feilden;Colin Firth;Geraint Rees;Geraint Rees

714
Citations
Frequency-Dependent Electrical Stimulation of the Visual Cortex

Ryota Kanai;Leila Chaieb;Andrea Antal;Vincent Walsh

519
Citations
Online social network size is reflected in human brain structure

R. Kanai;B. Bahrami;R. Roylance;G. Rees

509
Citations
Modulating Neuronal Activity Produces Specific and Long-Lasting Changes in Numerical Competence

Roi Cohen Kadosh;Sonja Soskic;Teresa Iuculano;Teresa Iuculano;Ryota Kanai

427
Citations
Cerebral hierarchies: predictive processing, precision and the pulvinar

Ryota Kanai;Yutaka Komura;Stewart Shipp;Karl Friston

417
Citations
Time dilation in dynamic visual display

Ryota Kanai;Chris L. E. Paffen;Hinze Hogendoorn;Frans A. J. Verstraten

386
Citations
Novel genetic loci associated with hippocampal volume

Derrek Hibar;Hieab H.H. Adams;Neda Jahanshad;Ganesh Chauhan

342
Citations
Human parietal cortex structure predicts individual differences in perceptual rivalry

Ryota Kanai;Bahador Bahrami;Bahador Bahrami;Bahador Bahrami;Geraint Rees;Geraint Rees

288
Citations
Inter-individual differences in empathy are reflected in human brain structure

Michael J. Banissy;Ryota Kanai;Vincent Walsh;Geraint Rees

282
Citations
Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals

Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Claudia L. Satizabal;Hieab H.H. Adams;Derrek Hibar;Charles C. White;Charles C. White

279
Citations
Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

Sophia Frangou;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Steven C. R. Williams;Efstathios Papachristou

272
Citations
Novel genetic loci underlying human intracranial volume identified through genome-wide association

Hieab H H Adams;Derrek P. Hibar;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Vincent Chouraki;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein

262
Citations
How Has the Internet Reshaped Human Cognition

Kep Kee Loh;Ryota Kanai

251
Citations
Transfer of cognitive training across magnitude dimensions achieved with concurrent brain stimulation of the parietal lobe.

Marinella Cappelletti;Erica Gessaroli;Rosalyn Hithersay;Micaela Mitolo

238
Citations
Relating inter-individual differences in metacognitive performance on different perceptual tasks

Chen Song;Ryota Kanai;Stephen M. Fleming;Rimona S. Weil

211
Citations
Brain Structure Links Loneliness to Social Perception

Ryota Kanai;Bahador Bahrami;Bahador Bahrami;Brad Duchaine;Agnieszka Janik

210
Citations
Selectively altering belief formation in the human brain.

Tali Sharot;Ryota Kanai;David Marston;Christoph W. Korn;Christoph W. Korn

208
Citations
Higher media multi-tasking activity is associated with smaller gray-matter density in the anterior cingulate cortex.

Kep Kee Loh;Ryota Kanai

200
Citations